Tokenized Assets Could Unlock Trillions, Says Animoca

Tokenized real-world assets (RWA) may one day represent trillions of dollars in traditional finance (TradFi) markets, according to a new research paper by Web3 digital property company Animoca ￰0￱ Andrew Ho and Ming Ruan highlighted the potential of this emerging sector, noting that the addressable market for tokenized assets is estimated at $400 ￰1￱ present, only $26 billion worth of assets have been tokenized, a fraction of the vast TradFi ￰2￱ assets span across multiple classes, including private credit, treasury debt, commodities, equities, alternative investment funds, and global ￰3￱ researchers explained that the long-term opportunity lies with platforms that can integrate end-to-end services and manage the entire asset ￰4￱ data shows that the RWA tokenization market has grown 70% since the start of 2025 , reaching an all-time high of $26.5 ￰5￱ researchers said this growth reflects “clear momentum and rising institutional confidence” in the ￰6￱ of Credit and Treasuries: Animoca Currently, the RWA landscape is largely concentrated in two categories: private credit and U.

S. Treasurys, which together account for nearly 90% of tokenized market ￰7￱ trend reflects investor preference for stable, yield-bearing instruments, especially as tokenized Treasurys gain popularity among both institutions and decentralized finance (DeFi) ￰8￱ pointed out that major asset managers are already in a “strategic race” to build platforms that can capture value in this expanding ￰9￱ increasing institutional adoption, analysts believe that RWA tokenization could help bridge the gap between blockchain technology and traditional financial ￰10￱ Leads, But Multichain Future Emerging Ethereum remains the leading blockchain for RWA tokenization, holding a 55% market share—76% when including its layer-2 ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Polygon, and ZKsync ￰11￱ dominance is attributed to deep liquidity, strong security, and a robust developer ecosystem.

However, the researchers emphasized that the future of RWA tokenization will be multichain. High-performance and specialized blockchains are already challenging Ethereum’s lead, suggesting interoperability will play a decisive role in determining long-term ￰12￱ growth of RWAs has also driven demand for related tokens such as Ether and Chainlink, both of which have recently outperformed the broader crypto ￰13￱ itself has entered the field with NUVA, a tokenized RWA marketplace launched earlier this month.